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July 20, 2017
Shorties (The State of South African Literature, New Music from Wolf Parade, and more)
The Times Literary Supplement examined the state of South African literature.
Stream a new Wolf Parade song.
David Burr Gerard talked to Paste about his new novel The Epiphany Machine.
SouthFlorida.com profiled singer-songwriter Jason Isbell.
Bookworm interviewed author Jim Gauer.
Arkells covered St. Vincent's "New York."
Calvin Trillin talked books and reading with the New York Times.
PopMatters interviewed Brian Shimkovitz, who runs the record label Awesome Tapes from Africa.
The Otherppl podcast interviewed author Nathan Hill.
Stream a new Mount Kimbie song.
Literary Hub features an excerpt from Rachel Khong's debut novel Goodbye, Vitamin.
Uncut interviewed Chris Schlarb about his band Psychic Temples.
The Rumpus interviewed author Kate Schatz.
Stream a new Josh Ritter song.
The Otherppl podcast interviewed author Julia Fierro.
Paste searched for protest Music of the Trump era and found it in unexpected places.
Entropy interviewed poet Jenn Givhan.
Stream a new song by Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer.
Tony Kushner is writing a play about Donald Trump.
The Creative Independent shared a conversation between Emel Mathlouthi and Victoria Ruiz about protest music.
The New Yorker features new fiction by Amelia Gray.
Stereogum interviewed the members of the band Priests.
VICE shared an excerpt from Svetlana Alexievich’s book The Unwomanly Face of War.
Stream a new Amy O song.
Luna covered Mink DeVille's Let Me Dream If I Want To.
Stereogum interviewed Jenny Lee Lindberg of Warpaint.
Aquarium Drunkard interviewed Robyn Hitchcock.
Code Switch profiled poet Bao Phi.
Paste recommended "feminist rager" songs for summer.
Smithsonian magazine shared a tour of Victor Hugo's Paris.
Fresh Air interviewed singer-songwriter Billy Bragg.
eBooks on sale for $1.13 today:
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
The Birthday of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin
Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks
The Coral Sea by Patti Smith
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
Girl in the Woods by Aspen Matis
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
Journey to the End of the Night by Celine
Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Peony by Pearl S. Buck
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby, Jr.
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash
Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie
Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons by Kurt Vonnegut
Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut
Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
eBooks on sale for $2.99 today:
Blue Boy by Rakesh Satyal
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
John Crow's Devil by Marlon James
Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
eBooks on sale for $3.99 today:
Every Kind of Wanting by Gina Frangello
How the World Works by Noam Chomsky
The Hunters by James Salter
Sam Shepard: A Life by John Winters
also at Largehearted Boy:
previous Shorties posts (daily news and links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)
Atomic Books Comics Preview (the week's best new comics and graphic novels)
Book Notes (authors create playlists for their book)
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week (recommended new books, magazines, and comics)
musician/author interviews
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
Short Cuts (writers pair a song with their short story or essay)
weekly music release lists
WORD Bookstores Books of the Week (recommended new books)
weekly music release lists
